Making Positive Psychology Work

In this week’s episode, we explore how building a personal highlight reel can be effective in understanding our strengths, and dan shares with us the results of his research on the impact this has for individuals and teams. Connect with Dan Cable: http://dan-cable.com/ [free_product_purchase id="39560"] You’ll Learn: [02:39] - Dan shares why we may struggle putting our strengths to use in our daily lives [04:23] - Dan explains the three-step process to the personal highlight reel [07:10] - Dan explains why the personal hi-light reel is effective [09:49] - Dan explains the impact that doing the personal highlight reel might have in your life [13:57] - Dan shares the bottom-line outcomes for workplaces of focusing on people's strengths [14:51] - Dan provides some tips to help us with self-reflection [22:45] - Dan shares how creating a personal highlight reel helps us have an impact in the world [24:26] - Dan describes some cautions and caveats to be aware of with the personal highlight reel [26:17] - Dan completes the lightning round   Thanks for listening! MPPW Podcast on Facebook Give & Take by Adam Grant Redirect by Tim Wilson Thanks so much for joining me again this week.  If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of this post. Please leave an honest review for the Making Positive Psychology Work Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.  And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free! You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing. Until next time, take care!  Thank you Dan!

Dan Diamond, Director of the Medical Triage Unit during Hurricane Katrina, shares his insights on thriving under pressure. He discusses how mindsets of victim, bystander, and thriver shape our experiences, emphasizing the importance of power and purpose in enhancing performance. Listeners will learn practical strategies to cultivate a thriver mindset at work, as well as tips for leaders to uplift their teams during tough times. Dan also highlights the need for self-care while helping others and the value of uncomfortable conversations for growth.

Doctors Peter and Susan Glaser, partners in life and work, have dedicated their careers to mastering conscious communication. They dive into the art of listening as a powerful tool for persuasion, revealing why being quiet can often be more impactful than speaking. The Glasers share practical tips for enhancing listening skills, especially in challenging conversations, emphasizing the importance of understanding over mere appearance. They highlight how genuine engagement can transform difficult discussions into opportunities for connection.

Michele Zanini, co-founder of the Management Lab and author of 'Humanocracy,' dives into how to create a more human-centered workplace. He highlights the importance of fostering relationships and community, especially in remote settings. Michele shares practical steps teams can take to empower one another and cultivate a positive impact. He also discusses how leaders can support change activists to drive innovation and resilience. Ultimately, he advocates for shifting away from bureaucracy to enhance employee engagement and creativity.

Today we’re talking to Professor David Clutterbuck, who is one of the early pioneers of developmental coaching and mentoring – and co-founder of the European Mentoring & Coaching Council. Author of more than 70 books, including the first evidence-based titles on coaching culture and team coaching, he is a visiting professor at four business schools. He also leads a global network of specialist mentoring and coaching training consultants, at Coaching and Mentoring International. In this week’s podcast, we explore how to build a coaching culture. Connect with Professor David Clutterbuck https://davidclutterbuckpartnership.com/ You’ll Learn: [02:29] - David shares the value of having a coaching culture. [04:42] - David describes how mentoring is often wrongly described as advising. [06:47] - David explains the place of teams in creating a coaching culture. [09:22] - David explains what’s at the heart of building a team’s coaching ability. [11:47] - David shares what immediate step we can take to grow our team’s coaching capability. [12:25] - David shares how people can role model and grow a team coaching approach. [14:43] - David shares how we can start taking a self-coaching approach with our teams. [16:33] - David enters the lightning round. Your Resources: MPPW Podcast on Facebook Group Thanks for listening!  Thanks so much for joining me again this week.  If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of this post. Please leave an honest review of the Making Positive Psychology Work Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.  And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free! You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing. Until next time, take care!  Thank you, David!

Today we’re talking to Dr. Peggy Kern, who is an associate professor at the Center for Positive Psychology at the University of Melbourne’s Graduate School of Education. Peggy’s research is collaborative in nature and draws on a variety of methodologies to examine questions around who thrives in life and why, including understanding and measuring healthy functioning, identifying individual and social factors impacting life trajectories, and systems informed approaches to wellbeing. She has published three books and over 100 peer-reviewed articles and chapters. In this week’s episode we explore the hot-off-the-research-desk findings of how workers are caring for their wellbeing after a year of continuous uncertainty and disruption, and the three simple skills we all need to thrive at work. Connect with Peggy Kern https://www.peggykern.org/ You’ll Learn: [04:30] - Peggy shares what the latest data has found about caring for workers' wellbeing when the circumstances around us are dramatically changing. [09:32] - Peggy explores how workers' ability to thrive and their confidence to navigate struggle impacts their wellbeing and resilience. [13:20] - Peggy shares why when we measure wellbeing in workplaces and the impact of our efforts to help people to care for our wellbeing we need to see the people behind the numbers. [17:06] - Peggy offers insights into how our wellbeing changes over time when we’re investing our energy and effort in caring for our wellbeing at work. [19:14] - Peggy provides examples of three of the most important capabilities workplaces can invest in when it comes to helping workers to care for their wellbeing. [26:57] - Peggy offers some tips for what workplaces can do practically to care for wellbeing at a systems level. [29:15] - Peggycompletes the Lightning Round. Your Resources: MPPW Podcast on Facebook Group Lost Connections by Johann Hari Thanks for listening!  Thanks so much for joining me again this week.  If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of this post. Please leave an honest review of the Making Positive Psychology Work Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.  And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free! You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing. Until next time, take care!  Thank you, Peggy!

Today we’re talking to Anne Scoular, a former diplomat, Citibank trained international banker, and organizational psychologist, who is recognized as one of the five leading experts in business coaching globally by the Harvard Business Review. Much in demand for her expertise, Anne has served on a number of expert panels and policy committees, and she is the author of The Financial Times Guide to Business Coaching. In this week’s episode, we explore how coaching can transform leadership and organizations, and Anne helps us understand how we can bring a coaching mindset to the work that we do every day. Connect with Anne Scoular: https://www.meylercampbell.com/ft-guide-2nd-edition You’ll Learn: [01:41] - Anne explains how organizational coaching differs from mentoring and other types of coaching. [03:21] - Anne explores why coaching is so important for leaders right now. [04:51] - Anne talks us through her framework for different styles of coaching leaders can use. [09:09] - Anne shares examples of the positive impact she has seen in organizations when leaders coach. [12:33] - Ann explains how workplaces can build an organizational capacity for coaching. [16:48] - Anne shares what we can do in our own workplaces to develop coaching capacity and skills [17:50] - Anne completes the Lightning Round Your Resources: MPPW Podcast on Facebook Group Thanks for listening!  Thanks so much for joining me again this week.  If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of this post. Please leave an honest review of the Making Positive Psychology Work Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.  And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free! You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing. Until next time, take care!  Thank you, Anne!

Dominic Price, Work Futurist at Atlassian, shares his mission to improve team health and performance in a post-pandemic world. He discusses innovative strategies for fostering inclusivity and collaboration within hybrid teams. Price emphasizes the need for leaders to inspire rather than manage, introducing practical exercises to enhance team dynamics. He also highlights the importance of mindfulness and the power of leadership in cultivating a positive workplace culture, urging leaders to model behaviors that promote resilience and well-being.

Today we’re talking to Tal Ben-Shahar, a serial entrepreneur, a lecturer, and author, whose books have translated in more than 25 languages. You may know him from having taught two of the largest classes in Harvard University’s history, Positive Psychology and The Psychology of Leadership. In this week’s episode, we learn important lessons from the most popular course at Harvard ten years later and what business leaders and practitioners can do to be more effective at positive psychology interventions. Connect with Tal Ben Shahar: http://www.talbenshahar.com/ You’ll Learn: [02:06] - Tal explains why people were so interested in taking his psychology course at Harvard University ten years ago when it became the most popular course at the school. [04:20] - Tal explains what gets lost when leaders do not know how to be well. [07:03] - Tal shares some examples of what his students from ten years ago are doing differently as today’s leaders. [11:33] - Tal explains the tipping point philosophy for change. [14:56] - Tal explains his integrative whole-being model called SPIRE. [17:06] - Tal explains what practitioners can keep in mind as they facilitate positive change in workplaces. [21:49] - Tal explains what myths we need to be mindful of as we work to create positive change. [27:29] - Tal enters the lightning round. Your Resources: MPPW Podcast on Facebook Group Books by Tony Schwartz Thanks for listening!  Thanks so much for joining me again this week.  If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of this post. Please leave an honest review of the Making Positive Psychology Work Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.  And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free! You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing. Until next time, take care!  Thank you, Tal!

Dr. Lindsey Godwin, a management professor at Champlain College and expert in strength-based change, shares invaluable insights on navigating workplace change. She reveals fascinating findings from a study of 1,400 Australian workers, highlighting how nearly 40% thrived during the COVID pandemic. Lindsey emphasizes the importance of fostering psychological safety and collaborative leadership to spark innovation. Additionally, she discusses the role of coaching conversations in empowering employees to adapt and cultivate resilience in uncertain times.